CONTENTS 



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The Smitlisonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



Finances 2 



Explorations and researches: 



Geological explorations in the Rocky Mountains 5 



Stratigraphic studies in central Tennessee 6 



Fossil echinoderms in western New York 6 



Vertebrate fossils in Montana 7 



Coral investigations 7 



Borneo and Celebes expeditions 7 



Expeditions to the Far East 7 



Bird studies in Illinois 8 



Henderson expedition in Cuba 8 



Botanical explorations in South America 9 



Anthropological researches in Africa and Siberia 10 



The natural history of man 10 



Island of Timor expedition 12 



Clearing of fog by electrical precipitation 12 



Research Corporation 12 



Harriman Trust Fund 13 



Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory 14 



Publications 15 



Library 18 



Lucy T. and George W. Poore Fund 19 



The Freer collection 19 



National Museum 20 



Biu-eau of American Ethnology 22 



Astrophysical Observatory 23 



International Exchanges 24 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literatiue 24 



National Zoological Park 25 



Necrology 26 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 28 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 40 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 60 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park 72 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 84 



6. Report on the Library 91 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 101 



8. Report on publications 104 



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